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SECURITY
GOES DOWN UNDERPrivate aviation is looking better all the
time, especially for those who like to travel in comfortable clothes.
Separate reports from different parts of the country suggest the TSA is
ready to get down and dirty in the name of security and is conducting
full-contact pat-downs of passengers' genitals and buttocks. Owen JJ
Stone, a radio personality known as Ohdoctah, appeared on the Alex Jones
talk show in Austin, Texas, Tuesday and said a TSA airport screener put
his hand inside his sweat pants and ran it around the full circumference
of his body, pausing at everything along the way. Meanwhile, in Orlando,
a Missouri man wearing shorts had a similar experience. Stone said he
was told it was a new rule that applied to those wearing baggy clothing.
At many airports, the alternative is a full body scan, which is supposed
to take a "for their eyes only" peek under the clothing of those who get
the extra security treatment. Well, apparently some of those machines
have hard drives that will save at least 35,000 images, as recent
visitors to the federal courthouse in Orlando are discovering.
More...

AIRLINE
PILOTS RESIST NEW TSA PROCEDURESLeaders of two unions
representing pilots at US Airways and American Airlines have advised
their members to decline to be screened by new
advanced-imaging-technology full-body scanners and request a pat-down
instead. "No pilot at American Airlines should subject themselves to the
needless privacy invasion and potential health risks caused by the AIT
body scanners," wrote Dave Bates, president of the Allied Pilots
Association, which represents 11,000 pilots at American, in a letter to members. The new scanners produce ionizing
radiation, which can be harmful to health, especially when added to the
high doses of radiation that pilots already are exposed to on the job,
Bates said. Mike Cleary, president of the US Airways pilot group, said
the TSA procedures are "blatantly unacceptable," and the alternative
pat-down procedure also has problems. Cleary said the pat-down process "has already
produced a sexual molestation in alarmingly short order."
More...

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DREAMLINER
FIRE STOPS TESTING FOR NOWBoeing says it can't say when it
might resume flight testing of the 787 Dreamliner after an onboard fire
forced an emergency landing in Laredo, TX last week. The company has
received ferry permits from the FAA to fly two 787s back to Seattle, one
from Victorville, CA and the other from Rapid City, SD. The airplane
with the fire remains in Laredo as the company tries to figure out what
caused it. The company appears to be zeroing in on that cause since it
knows the duration of the fire (30 seconds) and the duration of the
emergency (90 seconds) but it does not know the short, medium or
long-term consequences of what might be the most significant glitch so
far in the troubled program. "...Boeing cannot comment on the potential
impact of this incident on the overall program schedule," Boeing said in
a statement. More...

PiperJet Altaire 
Efficiency, Meet PerformancePiperJet Altaire. It has always been in a class of one: the only
single-engine business jet with a combined speed, range and payload that
outperforms the twin-engine jets in its class. Best of all, the PiperJet
Altaire still costs significantly less to operate per hour than
comparable current-production VLJ aircraft.

FIRST
FLIGHT FOR CHINA'S FIRST LIGHT HELICOPTERThe AC311 light
civilian helicopter, the first of its kind to be developed and
manufactured in China, flew for the first time last week, Xinhua has
reported. The aircraft is being developed by Avicopter, which is a part
of the China Aviation Industry Corp., or AVIC. Avicopter said the rotors
are composite, and can be powered by a Honeywell LTS101-700D-2 engine or
a Chinese turbine engine, the WZ-8D. The avionics are "highly
integrated," the company said. Avicopter said it has two customers so
far for the helicopter, but expects to sell up to 500 copies over the
next 10 years. The helicopter is on track to be certified in China in
2012. More...

CHINA'S
BIG SHOW THIS WEEK IN ZHUHAIAir Show China started Tuesday
in Zhuhai and it may be the one to watch in terms of how the market
there will evolve. China seems determined to be a player in aerospace
and will use this show to announce "hundreds" of orders for the Aviation
Industry Corp. of China's (AVIC) Comac C919. Most of the customers for
the single-aisle competitor for the A320 and 737 will likely be domestic
carriers but those types of numbers will undoubtedly hurt the
projections being made about China as the burgeoning
half-trillion-dollar market for airliners going into the next two
decades. Frost and Sullivan analyst Julius Yeo told Bloomberg the C919 is likely to be every bit as good
as its European, American competitors (not to mention those from Russia,
Canada and Brazil) and that will cut into bottom lines. "In the long
term, definitely, Airbus and Boeing's market share will be diluted."
Against that backdrop, all the usual suspects will be at what has become
a must-attend show. More...

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GULFSTREAM
LAUNCHES MAJOR EXPANSIONAnnouncing a half-billion-dollar
expansion plan may seem out of place in today's economy, but Gulfstream
said this week it's ready to start on a seven-year build-up to prepare
for the future demand for business jets and support services. "We want
to ensure Gulfstream is well-positioned," said Joe Lombardo, president
of the company. "We are already beginning to see signs of a modest
recovery. In the third quarter of 2010, we booked more orders than we
had in any quarter since the downturn began in mid-2008. Furthermore, as
flying hours have increased, Gulfstream service centers have enjoyed a
significant increase in service volume." The plan includes building new
facilities at the company's base at the Savannah airport, as well as
renovating and expanding several existing facilities at two other sites.
The company also expects to create 1,000 new jobs. More...

Piper Aircraft Seeks Regional
Sales Director  AsiaPiper Aircraft, Inc. is searching for an experienced aircraft
sales leader to fill the position of
Regional Sales Director  Asia. This position will
be based in Brunei and responsible for driving sales growth for the full
line of Piper's products in the region. The Regional Director will work
with and establish a dealer/agent network as well as be involved in some
direct sales.
Visit Piper.com to apply or for
more information.

FAA'S
FATIGUE RULES CRITIQUEDThe FAA's long-awaited proposal to
create new rules
that aim to prevent pilot fatigue is meeting with criticism from both
airline operators and pilots. Capt. Chesley Sullenberger said at a news
conference last week the rules need to be changed before they go into
effect "to protect the safety of the flying public." He and First
Officer Jeffrey Skiles spoke out against the rules, especially a change
that would increase a pilot's maximum daily flight time from eight hours
to ten hours. "We're here to tell you that you cannot reduce pilot
fatigue by increasing the amount of time a pilot is at the controls,"
Skiles said. The Air Transport Association, representing airline
interests, also protested the FAA proposal, saying it would "create
onerous and duplicative regulations" and would cost almost $20 billion
over the next 10 years, 15 times the FAA's estimate. The Air Line Pilots
Association, however, filed comments generally supporting the FAA's
plan, saying it is based on the available science and is "sorely
needed." More...

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Simon Caldecott has been named VP of
Operations for Piper Aircraft. He joined Piper from Hawker Beechcraft in
2009 to take over the Altaire jet program.More...

WHO'S
WHERE? YOU TELL USGet a promotion or a new job? Your
colleagues want to know about it, and AVwebBiz can get the word
out. Drop us a line about the
staff appointment, with a nice recent photo, and we'll do our best to
include it in our new section, "Who's Where." The items will be
permanently archived on AVweb for future reference, too.More...

PRO
PILOT PLANS TO CHALLENGE TSA IN COURTMichael Roberts is an
ExpressJet pilot who refused to submit himself to a TSA full body scan,
or pat down, while on his way to work. His personal decision complicated
his relationship with his employer, brought a direct challenge to the
authority of the TSA and raised Fourth Amendment issues that Roberts
hopes to address in a court of law. AVweb's Glenn Pew caught up
with Roberts to hear his story. More...

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Looking for podcasts, videos, and news
coverage from the 2010 AOPA Summit in Long Beach, California? Start here,
with our special issue of AVwebAudio that rounds up all the
podcasts and videos from the show. Then visit our AOPA news page, where you'll
find all stories from this (and previous) years relating to AOPA Summit
meetings.

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